Factory revenue in the worldwide server market declined 1.9% YTY to $11.9 bln in Q1 2006. Worldwide server unit shipments growth slowed modestly to 9.5% in Q1 2006 when compared with Q1 2005.
| Global server market in Q1 2006 | |||||
| Q1 2006 | Q1 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue | Share | Revenue | Share | YTY |
| HP | $3,335 | 28.1% | $3,345 | 27.7% | -0.3% |
| IBM | $3,304 | 27.9% | $3,429 | 28.4% | -3.6% |
| Dell | $1,321 | 11.1% | $1,274 | 10.5% | 3.6% |
| Sun | $1,274 | 10.8% | $1,205 | 10.0% | 5.8% |
| Fujitsu Siemens | $823 | 6.9% | $988 | 8.2% | -16.8% |
| Others | $1,796 | 15.2% | $1,840 | 15.2% | -2.4% |
| All Vendors | $11,852 | 100.0% | $12,082 | 100.0% | -1.9% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
Windows servers continued to show strong growth as revenues grew 5.9% and unit shipments grew 12.9% YTY. Unix servers experienced a 7.1% decline in factory revenue YTY, while unit shipments declined 8.7% when compared with Q1 2005. Worldwide Unix revenues of more than $3.9 bln for the quarter and represented 33.2% of overall quarterly factory revenue. Linux servers posted their fifteenth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, with year-over-year revenue growth of 17.0% and unit shipments up 14.4%.